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YOUR WASHINGTON
AND YOU!
A WEEKLY
REPORT from
KARL MUNDT
SENATOR FROM SOUTH DAKOTA
United States Senate
"FOR A FAIR CHANCE FOR A FREE PEOPLE"
VOLUME XVI1 (1955)-NUMBER 22 - FOR RELEASE JUNE 15
* * *
WATERTOWN BASEBALL BROADCAST. One of South Dakota's
major sport events for 1955--the Northwest Division American
Baseball Congress tournament to be held in Watertown from
Sept. 10-15--will get U.S. recognition when plans are okayed
which I have discussed with Mutual Broadcasting Company officials. In cooperation with Robert Steinmetz of Watertown,
sports promotion chairman for the tournament, I have been
working with Paul Jonas, Sports Director of the Mutual Broadcasting System, to have one of the Watertown tournament games carried on a direct,
live nationwide broadcast as the "Game of the Day."
Now I am glad to report that Jonas has agreed to broadcast from Watertown on
either Sept. 12 or Sept. 15--provided one of the 10 major league baseball teams (which
have broadcast contracts with Mutual) do not want to schedule a make-up game then (no
regular games slated for those days). Thus, no final OK can come before Sept. 2, but
prospects look good to have a S. Dak. amateur game on a national network for the first
time in history. Amateur baseball is an important feature of South Dakota life, and it deserves this national recognition. And Watertown can be proud of its efforts to bring to
our State such an outstanding tournament that is worthy of consideration by national
radio officials.
# # #
FOR SOUTH DAKOTA'S ECONOMY. Three aspects of South Dakota's statewide economy—the lumber industry, the tourist industry, and the welfare of our 33,000 Indian
citizens--were aided in Washington last week when a joint Senate-House Conference of
the Appropriations Committees approved several amendments which I introduced earlier
this year, as follows:
1. Lumber industry--A $100,000 forest research laboratory will be established
beginning July 1st for "range, forest and water management studies in the Black Hills
area of North and South Dakota and Wyoming". Based on a proposed location at the
S. Dak. School of Mines at Rapid City, this laboratory will conduct field studies on the
extent of our timber resources, and experiment with possible new uses for Ponderosa
Pine products which will result in greater expansion of this important lumber industry.
2. Tourist Industry--$73,800 was earmarked for improvements and modernization at Wind Cave National Park near Hot Springs in the Southern Black Hills. This will greatly aid one of America's oldest Parks and a major tourist attraction in our
State.
3. Indian Welfare--Education is agreed to be the main hope for improvement of
living standards and general welfare for the 33,000 Indians living in South Dakota. The
Conference approved $80,000 for a new school facility at Bullhead, S. Dak. on the Standing Rock Reservation; "adequate funds" for repair of the Boy Dormitory at the Pine
Ridge boarding school; $50,000 for annual Indian Bureau college scholarship funds for
U.S. Indian high school students.
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"Atoms for Peace"
An outline of America's atomic development from the uranium fields of South Dakota to
the radioisotopes used in agriculture, industry and medicine (as shown in a special exhibit now in Washington) is written on the other side of this page.
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PROGRESS FOR SOUTH DAKOTA PROJECTS. As a member of the Interior Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I attended an important session last
week when Bureau of Reclamation officials testified concerning the Missouri Basin program. I am pleased to report considerable progress for South Dakota projects, as
follows: (1) Pactola Dam--The budget request is $490,000 to complete this dam, located west of Rapid City, before June 30, 1956, with some irrigation facilities planned
but not to begin before 1958. (2) Oahe-James Irrigation Unit-- $475,000 is budget request for development in fiscal year 1956, with a final planning report slated by the
Bureau by June 30, 1957. In this connection, I held a special meeting in my office last
week with the four S. Dak. Congressional offices represented, along with U.S. Reclamation Commissioner Dexheimer and his top assistants. After long discussion, it was
agreed that Dexheimer will contact S. Dak. State College at Brookings to initiate a five-
year survey of irrigation possibilities in the James River Valley and to be handled
through a cooperative compact between the Reclamation Bureau and State College.

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YOUR WASHINGTON
AND YOU!
A WEEKLY
REPORT from
KARL MUNDT
SENATOR FROM SOUTH DAKOTA
United States Senate
"FOR A FAIR CHANCE FOR A FREE PEOPLE"
VOLUME XVI1 (1955)-NUMBER 22 - FOR RELEASE JUNE 15
* * *
WATERTOWN BASEBALL BROADCAST. One of South Dakota's
major sport events for 1955--the Northwest Division American
Baseball Congress tournament to be held in Watertown from
Sept. 10-15--will get U.S. recognition when plans are okayed
which I have discussed with Mutual Broadcasting Company officials. In cooperation with Robert Steinmetz of Watertown,
sports promotion chairman for the tournament, I have been
working with Paul Jonas, Sports Director of the Mutual Broadcasting System, to have one of the Watertown tournament games carried on a direct,
live nationwide broadcast as the "Game of the Day."
Now I am glad to report that Jonas has agreed to broadcast from Watertown on
either Sept. 12 or Sept. 15--provided one of the 10 major league baseball teams (which
have broadcast contracts with Mutual) do not want to schedule a make-up game then (no
regular games slated for those days). Thus, no final OK can come before Sept. 2, but
prospects look good to have a S. Dak. amateur game on a national network for the first
time in history. Amateur baseball is an important feature of South Dakota life, and it deserves this national recognition. And Watertown can be proud of its efforts to bring to
our State such an outstanding tournament that is worthy of consideration by national
radio officials.
# # #
FOR SOUTH DAKOTA'S ECONOMY. Three aspects of South Dakota's statewide economy—the lumber industry, the tourist industry, and the welfare of our 33,000 Indian
citizens--were aided in Washington last week when a joint Senate-House Conference of
the Appropriations Committees approved several amendments which I introduced earlier
this year, as follows:
1. Lumber industry--A $100,000 forest research laboratory will be established
beginning July 1st for "range, forest and water management studies in the Black Hills
area of North and South Dakota and Wyoming". Based on a proposed location at the
S. Dak. School of Mines at Rapid City, this laboratory will conduct field studies on the
extent of our timber resources, and experiment with possible new uses for Ponderosa
Pine products which will result in greater expansion of this important lumber industry.
2. Tourist Industry--$73,800 was earmarked for improvements and modernization at Wind Cave National Park near Hot Springs in the Southern Black Hills. This will greatly aid one of America's oldest Parks and a major tourist attraction in our
State.
3. Indian Welfare--Education is agreed to be the main hope for improvement of
living standards and general welfare for the 33,000 Indians living in South Dakota. The
Conference approved $80,000 for a new school facility at Bullhead, S. Dak. on the Standing Rock Reservation; "adequate funds" for repair of the Boy Dormitory at the Pine
Ridge boarding school; $50,000 for annual Indian Bureau college scholarship funds for
U.S. Indian high school students.
*******************************************************************************
"Atoms for Peace"
An outline of America's atomic development from the uranium fields of South Dakota to
the radioisotopes used in agriculture, industry and medicine (as shown in a special exhibit now in Washington) is written on the other side of this page.
*******************************************************************************
PROGRESS FOR SOUTH DAKOTA PROJECTS. As a member of the Interior Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I attended an important session last
week when Bureau of Reclamation officials testified concerning the Missouri Basin program. I am pleased to report considerable progress for South Dakota projects, as
follows: (1) Pactola Dam--The budget request is $490,000 to complete this dam, located west of Rapid City, before June 30, 1956, with some irrigation facilities planned
but not to begin before 1958. (2) Oahe-James Irrigation Unit-- $475,000 is budget request for development in fiscal year 1956, with a final planning report slated by the
Bureau by June 30, 1957. In this connection, I held a special meeting in my office last
week with the four S. Dak. Congressional offices represented, along with U.S. Reclamation Commissioner Dexheimer and his top assistants. After long discussion, it was
agreed that Dexheimer will contact S. Dak. State College at Brookings to initiate a five-
year survey of irrigation possibilities in the James River Valley and to be handled
through a cooperative compact between the Reclamation Bureau and State College.